Core i7/X58 Overclocking Thread

[Metroid]

Metroid..

Glad to hear someone besides myself bring up the issue of noise, this is my #1 hot button. You imply that your computer is quiet, could you elaborate as to type of cooling you have? My computer, a C2D with Tuniq 120, is very quiet, but my concern is that when I go i7 920 I'll have to crank up the fan noise. Suggestions?

The image below is my primary system specifications.

My first priority was and is to keep the system below 23 DB:

But How?

First: A case which will contain the output noise like Cosmos RC-1000

Second: The best air cooling solution to date [True Copper 2.0kg]

Third: 2 fans which will help to cool down the heatsink Noctua NF-P12 with a maximum output noise of 20DB. I have the case + CPU fans = 6 total and I plan to add 1 for the HD cooling all good quiet fans.

Fourth: My system will be 7 fans at maximum of 20 Decibels which at the end will not trespass 23DB.

Fifth: some people tell that I7 runs hotter than Penryn which I confirm it does, however much smarter than Penryn. The thermal work load is quite well balanced by the fact when 1 core gets hot then they switch to another core or make tasks using various cores which the temperature will never go beyond 90c at best. there are applications which use 8 cores however not fully by many tests made by me. So the point is by the time they make an program which utilizes 8 cores fully then will have good air cooling solutions around to cool down it or just buy the tick core codenamed westmere 32nm.

So no need to be aware about the temperature levels by any means, my focus is the sound that the system produces.

Right now:

Sound: less than 23DB
Temperature:
Idle: 56c
Load: +100c 8 logical cores 100%

I hope this helps,